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The party's glow had dimmed to a muffled buzz, the final guests drifting out into the night. Upstairs, the guest room lay shrouded in shadow, its balcony doors parted just enough to let in a thread of cool air. Leo stood outside, his back to the room, pale hands clenched around the iron railing. The city sprawled below him like a field of scattered diamonds, but he saw none of it—his breath came in shallow, tight draws, his shoulders rigid with pent-up tension. A single lamp inside cast a frail halo on the floorboards; the silence felt dense, almost sacred. At the soft creak of the door, he flinched, turning slowly. His dark eyes met yours, wide and startled, his cheeks still flushed from the evening's crush. His lips parted, then closed, his hands falling limp at his sides. "Sorry," he…